The Minister of the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, has said that his late colleague and friend, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, hated flying on a helicopter.
According to the minister, his late former colleague had not even been in any helicopter since the current government took office in January 2025, even in his capacity as the Minister of Defence.
Speaking in an interview, the Muntaka said that the only reason Dr Edward Omane Boamah agreed, for the first time, to board the chopper, was because of his passion to end illegal small-scale mining (galamsey).
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Dr Omane Boamah never liked boarding a helicopter. Since we came, not once has he ever boarded any of the helicopters, but because of galamsey, he was ready to board and yet, the first time he used it, he never returned, he said.
It is worth noting that following the fatal crash of Wednesday, August 6, 2025, it emerged that the Minister of the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, was equally scheduled to be on that same flight but had to be pulled off due to another meeting, at the instance of the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.
His comments follow the tragic helicopter accident on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, which claimed the lives of the Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, was among others.
Also on board were Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed; a former Ashanti Regional Minister Samuel Sarpong; Muniru Limuna (Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator); and Samuel Aboagye, a former Parliamentary Candidate.
The crew members were Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Mane-Twum Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.
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